There's a Chipmunk in my House

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spedini

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He's gone now.
I was having breakfast yesterday and out of the corner of my eye, I saw some movement.
Scared the tar outta me.
Called the local pest control and they handled it very humanely, trapped him and set him free.
They inspected my home for the usual signs of entry but didn't see any,
so it's a mystery how he got in.

But it made me think of being a senior and living alone.
We are so dependent on others for so many things.

Yesterday's thread about moving in a Senior Living facility is so timely for me,
I'm not sure how much longer I should stay in my home.

Not could, but should.

It's something I think about every day.
 

We had a squirrel run into our house as it dropped onto our balcony and the door was open. I was afraid my cat would try to get it and fall over the balcony chasing him but my husband was able to chase it out with a broom.

Please take care of yourself and do what you need to be safe.
 

We had a racoon get in our attic, had a roof fan to pull out summer heat from the attic and racoon bent the blade and came in.
I heard it up there, knew it wasn't a big mouse, heard it scratching at the attic ceiling panel. Got the exterminator out and he trapped it
after 5 grand of damage was done. We had wired fencing over that fan after that. Well heck we took this off in another direction on you.

I think we all have to have this very thing in our minds and I know being a weight on my family's shoulders is not something I want to do.
 
Closest I ever came to that was when we had a blue jay fly into our house at the Dead end Street, make a circle over my mother's head in the house and then fly back out the window. We all just sat there and stunned amazement, including a couple of our cats who had looks on their eyes like dinner was brought in and then took off. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£
 
I had a few squirrels come in once. I came home from work, heard a lot of noise in my apartment (which was over a garage) and called the police. The landlady came out of her house with her hair in curlers and a pair of men's underwear on her head.

The police raced up the stairs with their guns drawn. They found the squirrels and made them go away. They did not hurt them. They thought it was funny.

Once I had 3 chipmunks in my house. My rough collie amiably followed them around and eventually they left. They had homes -- one outside my front door and one outside the back door.

And for several months I had a shrew come in every night at 10 pm and stay for a couple of hours. My collie just laid on the couch watching it. I, of course, was thrilled. I'd never seen a shrew. Then my husband saw it and fixed the hole the shrew came in through.
 
I've known more than one who moved into assisted living facilities, or other such places. Some liked it, some became very unhappy. But once the move has been made, it's hard to undo. If I cannot manage on my own without some assistance, I will first check into hiring help as needed. It may be less expensive, and can certainly be undone.
 
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